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[NaturehasIT]

Open water vs a small body of water

 

Having fished both, I can tell you pier fishing is about the open water fight, the 100 yard dash, beaching the fish ect. Requires alot heavier gear (as far as I have used and seen people using) also the suspense of not knowing if there are fish around

 

River fishing is more about the technical battle, the fish could be feet from you when you hook and still take 15 minutes to get it in, also using alot lighter line (5-8lbs) to catch a 20+lbs fish, its a rush. 99% sight fishing, you know the fish is there, just how to present ur bait and the right timing to set the hook.

 

To each their own, I respect both side of it as they both have their pros and cons.

 

Just like some people like basketball, some like golf. When a basketball fan makes a statement against golf, feathers get ruffled.

Thats right Ijay.

[tcp]

I don't get why people love fishing in the rivers for em. Why not fish for them from the pier where they're chrome fresh, fight like crazy and there's less loogans.

less loogans,  hrmmm,,  different breed of loogan at the piers, a more refined loogan, a loogan that is forced to pony up and buy that cleo instead of that weighted treble. Pretty much same poop, guys will strip hens  and toss the carcass on the pier, I see no difference loogan wise.  plus  its shoulder to shoulder out there when the fishing is hot, can t move downstream to escape the crowds on the pier,  the best spots get crammed with 20 dudes on 10' section of pier, LOL.  Cant even see your fish jumping out in the distance cuz its pitch black.

 

If you want fresh salmon, what you really need to do is get on a charter boat in the summer and do it right.

 

Personally I don't find the peace and solitude that I require from my fishing when standing on a concrete pier in the middle of the night with 100 other dudes.  I prefer to be surrounded by nature, trees and animals, when fishing.  I live THE RIVER LIFE!

 

To each his own though, I know quite a few guys that wont go near the rivers, only pier fishing. Bass and panfish the rest of the year.  Cant help but LOL at that,. but hey, we all have our preferences. People lol at me on a daily for targeting carp, so its a just a matter of preference

[Garfield the Cat]

I don't get why people love fishing in the rivers for em. Why not fish for them from the pier where they're chrome fresh, fight like crazy and there's less loogans.

[Garfield the Cat]

I don't get why people love fishing in the rivers for em. Why not fish for them from the pier where they're chrome fresh, fight like crazy and there's less loogans.

[NiagaraSteel]

Open water vs a small body of water
 
Having fished both, I can tell you pier fishing is about the open water fight, the 100 yard dash, beaching the fish ect. Requires alot heavier gear (as far as I have used and seen people using) also the suspense of not knowing if there are fish around
 
River fishing is more about the technical battle, the fish could be feet from you when you hook and still take 15 minutes to get it in, also using alot lighter line (5-8lbs) to catch a 20+lbs fish, its a rush. 99% sight fishing, you know the fish is there, just how to present ur bait and the right timing to set the hook.
 
To each their own, I respect both side of it as they both have their pros and cons.
 
Just like some people like basketball, some like golf. When a basketball fan makes a statement against golf, feathers get ruffled.

  

less loogans,  hrmmm,,  different breed of loogan at the piers, a more refined loogan, a loogan that is forced to pony up and buy that cleo instead of that weighted treble. Pretty much same poop, guys will strip hens  and toss the carcass on the pier, I see no difference loogan wise.  plus  its shoulder to shoulder out there when the fishing is hot, can t move downstream to escape the crowds on the pier,  the best spots get crammed with 20 dudes on 10' section of pier, LOL.  Cant even see your fish jumping out in the distance cuz its pitch black.
 
If you want fresh salmon, what you really need to do is get on a charter boat in the summer and do it right.
 
Personally I don't find the peace and solitude that I require from my fishing when standing on a concrete pier in the middle of the night with 100 other dudes.  I prefer to be surrounded by nature, trees and animals, when fishing.  I live THE RIVER LIFE!
 
To each his own though, I know quite a few guys that wont go near the rivers, only pier fishing. Bass and panfish the rest of the year.  Cant help but LOL at that,. but hey, we all have our preferences. People lol at me on a daily for targeting carp, so its a just a matter of preference

Good points, I guess I have never really experienced bushwacking on trout/salmon rivers. I have never been to an east trib and that sounds like where the bushwacking happens. I fish the west and south tribs and there are trails and you can't really get away from the crowds or to fish that haven't seen much bait. I guess that's why I much prefer piers, especially since I usually get there around 6 pm so I get a good spot 90% of the time.

[PUMP KNOWS]

^^^

If you get there for 6pm, what time do you leave?

[NaturehasIT]

^^^

If you get there for 6pm, what time do you leave?

Yeah CAtfish. Wht time u leave??

[NiagaraSteel]

I leave around midnight.

[NaturehasIT]

I leave around midnight.

thats a nice time to hook a few fish coming close to shore

[BowSlayer]

ya i was gonna say, when I'm out trolling near the pier off the boat i only start around 11 pm lol.

[NiagaraSteel]

ya i was gonna say, when I'm out trolling near the pier off the boat i only start around 11 pm lol.

Ya but you don't need to reserve a spot in open water from a boat

[tcp]

Looks like a yummy meal....

 

 

NASTY MAN, dont know how people eat that poop

[NaturehasIT]

Looks like a yummy meal....

 

 

NASTY MAN, dont know how people eat that poop

Lol where the heck u got those jumbies from>?

[tcp]

Not my pic. Some guy on Facebook posting pics of his dirty boots and then pics of the fillets in the smoker. Gross, look at the white tails. Those fish are rotting, how can someone eat that. Blech

[tcp]

Must be from last year

[fishfreek]

Who would want to keep those Salmon?

[grayer]

Last year was my first time trying to fish for salmon on the rivers and I saw so many people snag fish just like those that were practically dead  and then toss them into a garbage bag to take home lol It turned me off of fishing for them on major lake O tribs lol, trying to find somewhere where I don't have to watch s*** like that and just actually fish in peace (might be a longshot) lol 

[NaturehasIT]

Last year was my first time trying to fish for salmon on the rivers and I saw so many people snag fish just like those that were practically dead  and then toss them into a garbage bag to take home lol It turned me off of fishing for them on major lake O tribs lol, trying to find somewhere where I don't have to watch s*** like that and just actually fish in peace (might be a longshot) lol 

u need to fish far upstream for resident fish. or late fall whn the place gets cold. None of those guys u would see on the rivers.

[NaturehasIT]

Not my pic. Some guy on Facebook posting pics of his dirty boots and then pics of the fillets in the smoker. Gross, look at the white tails. Those fish are rotting, how can someone eat that. Blech

If people can eat froglegs. alligator tails, snakes and other gross animal fleshes, they can surely eat half dead salmon looking like jumbies

[IR4J]

You've obviously never had frog legs, snake or gator to be comparing it to half rotten Lake O salmon... I could care less what someone does with there catch as long as it was caught in an ethical way.